Tallahassee, Fla. - The Florida State track and field team completed the final day of the Seminole Invitational on Saturday, April 9, 2005 at the Mike Long Track and Field Complex. Five regional qualifying marks were posted including two new names on the list - Courtney Wright and Tom Lancashire.

Senior Olympian Kimberly Walker (Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago/Polytechnic) bettered her regional qualifying mark and won the 100m with a career-best 11.68. Junior Evelyne Cynthia Niako (Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson) was third in her collegiate debut in the 100m with a time of 11.88.

Senior Sharneka Brown (St. Petersburg, Fla./Florida A&M) won the triple jump event, posting a distance of 39'00.25" (11.89m). Freshman Kirsten Hagen (Blacksburg, Va./Christiansburg) won the 3000m event in a career-best 9:59.97. Freshman Cristen Litz (Sarasota, Fla./Sarasota) ran a 10:39.79 clip to cross the line in third-place in the 3K event.

Junior LaKendra McColumn (Lithonia, Ga./Southwest Dekalb) secured a place at regionals with a 58.97 400m hurdles time. She also took .12 seconds off her regional qualifying 100m hurdles time, with a second-place 13.81 performance in the event. Fellow junior Deanna Lane (Marietta, Ga./Pope) posted a career-best regional qualifying time of 13.83 in her third-place performance.

Senior captain Ian Hornabrook (Southport, Australia/Rend Lake) and sophomore Chris Nickinson (Pensacola, Fla./Washington) finished one-two in the 1500m, posting times of 3:46.66 and 3:50.88. Hornabrook's time was his second regional qualifying mark in the event and third overall.

Sophomore Dana Massiah (Trinidad & Tobago/Bishop Aenesty) took second in the 400m dash in a season best time of 55.85. Classmate Devon Rich (Seminole, Fla./USF) was third in 56.81.

Senior Sydney Mondragon (Pueblo, Col./South) finished in 2:16.17 in the 800m dash, good for second-place. Freshman Audrey Hand (Virginia Beach, Va./Kellam) was right behind her in third with a mark of 2:2.98. Hand ran 4:48.52 in the 1500m for her second third-place finish of the day.

Freshman Leilani Caraballo (Miami, Fla./Lourdes Academy) vaulted 10'6" (3.20m) in the pole vault for third place. Sophomore Charlene Walker (Orlando, Fla./Edgewater) jumped a season-best 19'00.75" (5.81m) for second place in the long jump.